Month: November 2018

Networking

Riverbed upgrades SteelHead SD routing stack, adds in-field upgrade capability

November 14, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Riverbed upgrades SteelHead SD routing stack, adds in-field upgrade capability
Riverbed is also making OPEX-based subscription pricing available as an option for the SteelHead SD, bringing it in line with other appliances.

Susie Wee, vice president and CTO of DevNet at Cisco
Networking

Cisco: Partners with dev skills growing faster

November 13, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco: Partners with dev skills growing faster
Partners who embrace software development are growing their bookings 10 per cent faster than the average, and are more completely representing the Cisco portfolio, says Cisco Devnet boss Susie Wee.

Sri Srinivasan, vice president and general manager of Webex Teams, Meetings and devices, showing off Webex Share
Unified Communications

Cisco targets ad hoc meeting opportunities with new ‘huddle space’ collaboration offering

November 13, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco targets ad hoc meeting opportunities with new ‘huddle space’ collaboration offering
Cisco’s collaboration team kicks off a busy Partner Summit with new collaboration dongle for any screen, a smaller room-based telepresence package, and the integration of cloud calling into Webex Teams.

Managed Services

IT Glue adds new functionality around custom SSL Branding, Office 365 licensing, and their Mobile App

November 13, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on IT Glue adds new functionality around custom SSL Branding, Office 365 licensing, and their Mobile App
The Custom SSL branding overcomes an issue where browsers give insecure warnings when the customer accesses IT Glue documents. Initially, the branding is just for public documents, but will eventually cover everything.

Nirav Sheth, vice president of partner solutions, architectures and engineering at Cisco
Networking

Cisco looks to make SD-WAN ‘no-compromise’ with security integration

November 13, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco looks to make SD-WAN ‘no-compromise’ with security integration
By integrating much of its security stack into its ISR routers and introducing application-specific boosts for Office 365, Cisco is hoping to remove the need for customers to make tradeoffs between security and performance in the rapidly-growing SD-WAN market.

Networking

Aruba brings its first 802.11ax access points and new switches to their Edge portfolio

November 13, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Aruba brings its first 802.11ax access points and new switches to their Edge portfolio
Advances from both the 802.11ax technology and Aruba’s own IP add new power management and IoT capabilities to the new APs.

Managed Services

Cylance looks to further boost rapidly growing MSP business with ConnectWise integration

November 13, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cylance looks to further boost rapidly growing MSP business with ConnectWise integration
Cylance has made their first partnership with an RMM vendor, integrating their two flagship products into ConnectWise Automate. They have plans to expand this ecosystem further.

Cloud

Free SD-WAN capability highlights new SonicWall Capture Cloud Platform announcements

November 13, 2018 Mark Cox 1
SonicWall also makes several other announcements, with the common theme being the extension of the company’s hybrid cloud portfolio and capabilities.

Security

XM Cyber closes Series A funding round, opens up search for the best MSSP and integrator partners

November 13, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on XM Cyber closes Series A funding round, opens up search for the best MSSP and integrator partners
XM Cyber is a startup with a differentiated platform that they describe as a ‘game-changer’ product, that simulates cyber-attacks along the entire attack path to an organization’s critical assets, and then provides actionable remediation.